Kitchen utensil



Dec. 16, 1930. c. H. HALE ET AL 1,785,191

KITCHEN UTENSIL Filed Feb. 27, 1928 Patented Dec. 16, 1930 UNITED i STATES" Parent OFFICE CLYDE H. HALE, or RIVERSIDE, AND nnnnYa-xnnnnrscn. or OAKPARK, ILLINOIS KITCHEN UTENSIL Application filed February 27, 1928. serial No. 257,162..

Our invention relates to kitchen utensils and it has for its object the provision of a new and improved form and arrangement of parts comprising a knife sharpening means. It is one of the Objects of our invention to provide a novel utensil comprising a combination fork and knife sharpener designed particularly for use in a carving set so that such a set can be put up complete in two pieces rather than in the three'pieces as has been customary heretofore. It is another object of our invention to provide a new and improved form of knife sharpening means, and further to provide such knife sharpening means in a form articularly adapted for use in connection with the fork of a carving set. 1 J

It is another object of our. invention to improve devices of this type in sundry details hereinafter pointed out; The preferred means by which we have accomplished our several objects are illustrated in the drawing and are hereinafter specifically described. That which we believe to be new and desire to cover by Letters Patent isset forth in the claim. In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form of our combination fork and knife 0 sharpening utensil. V

Fig. 2 isa face view of thefork shown in Fig. 1, partly broken away and partly in section in order better to illustrate the constrnction; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view, being a face view of one of the knife sharpening members forming a part of the combination utensil of Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawing in which corresponding parts are indicated by the same reference characters,- 10 indicates a fork of any approved type, being provided with a shank or stem 11 which in the construction shown is square in cross 15 section and is formed integrally with the body of the fork. 1 The knife sharpening means of the construction shown comprises two steel discs 12 and 13 which are provided with square openings 12* at their central points so as to enable the discs to be mounted outer end of the shank 11 beingprovided handle 17 of any approved type provided withia" socket 18 for receiving the shank 11 ;a pin 19 passing through the handle and as to provide for the tightening of the nut upon the shank 11. as is illustrated in Fig. 2. Next to the disc 13 upon the shank 11, we have mounted a guard or support 141 of well- ,known type, the members 12,13 and 14 be ing held firmly in position upon the shank adjacent to the body of the fork by means of asleeve 15 and a nut16 by which pressure is applied against the guard plate 14:, the

with screw threads for this purpose. A go and 13 provides a sharpening opening extending transversely with respect to the handle 17, the walls defining the opening being at an angle of about twenty degrees with respect to each other for receiving a knife blade to be drawn between the discs. As is best shown in Fig. 3, the face of each of the discs 12 and 13 isprovided with a series of radially disposed cutting edges 21 against .whichthe knife bears as it is drawn along between the discs, a very keen thin. edge being put 011 the knife blade thereby, as will be readily understood.

WVhile we prefer to employ our improved knife sharpening means in connection with a fork or other kitchen utensih'we wish to have it understood that we do not limit the invention in this respect nor with respect to other features of the construction except as the claim may be so limited by the prior art. It will be understood that the invention in its broadest aspects may be em ployed independently of the combination fork as shown, the sharpening members being supported otherwise than as shown in the drawing. It will be appreciated that each of the members 12 and 13 performs not 100 only the function of a sharpening device itself but also the function of holding the knife blade in acute angle relationship to the other member. Vi e desire to have our claim interpreted so as to cover alternative constructions in Which one of the members functions only to hold the knife blade in the desired operative position, the cutting operation being effected solely by the other member.

e claim A kitchen utensil comprising in combination a fork having a shank of reduced size fixedly connected therewith, a pair of sharpening members having cutting edges in angularly spaced relation mounted on said shank adjacent to the fork, a guard plate on said shank adjacent to said sharpening members, an elongated sleeve on said shank next to said guard plate, a nut secured by screw threads on the end of said shank serving by engagement with said sleeve to hold said sharpening members in tightened position against the fork, and a handle provided with a socket in which said shank and said sleeve are secured.

CLYDE ,H. HALE. HENRY J. KLEEF ISGH. 

